This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition MPs to be held to account for their behaviour by panel of members of the public.
The behaviour of some MPs is a national and international disgrace, and the current arrangements for stopping any unacceptable behaviour are clearly ineffective. Behaviour that would result in members of the general public losing their jobs is ignored in MPs. These double standards must cease.
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Behaviour of MPs in public and in the House must be scrutinised against the Code of Conduct for MPs, by a panel of members of the public. The panel needs the power to sanction or remove MPs from office for financial irregularity, lying, or racist, sexist, homophobic, abusive, violent, discriminatory, anti-social or anti-semitic behaviour. Incidents and sanctions should be public with MP's voting records, so voters can see if their MP displays the moral fibre and integrity worthy of their vote.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. There is already an independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, and the Standards Committee includes lay members. The Committee has the power to recommenda sanctions, and all its reports are made public. You can find out more about the Parliamentary Standards system here:
https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/
You could start a new petition asking for all members of the Standards Committee to be members of the public, if that's what you'd like to see happen.
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